PlayStation 5 is the first console to integrate Apple Music

PlayStation 5 is the first soothe to incorporate Apple Medicine

Apple Music has launched on the Sony PlayStation 5 console

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Following a rumor of its release a few weeks ago, Sony has now announced that its PlayStation 5 console will live the first to offer an "mixed Apple Music experience", allowing subscribers of its service to stream its audio and video libraries to the popular gaming system.

The announcement comes via an official PlayStation blog post from Sony, revealing that the service is available from now. To enable this functionality, PS5 owners can simply download the Apple Music app happening their console and and then follow the prompts to link their account.

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The military operation is (funnily sufficiency) much the same as Spotify, which was available to stream on the Sony console at launch – the PS5 Media Distant level has a dedicated clit for the service.

Users can access the Apple Medicine app from their PS5 home screen and play content directly Oregon, alternatively, press the PS clitoris on the DualSense controller while in a spirited and navigate to the Ascendancy Center and then the Music function circuit card.

According to the stake, this method will work with both music and music videos. You can watch the last mentioned full-screen in 4K or, when you want, switch back to your gameplay operating theatre other activity and the audio frequency from the video will continue playing.

The integration even includes recommendations from the streaming service on the best music to match the game that's presently being played.

The usefulness of a console being able to stream music directly isn't moderate to those wanting to incorporate it into their gaming – for many, this means that they won't pauperization to connect an superfluous gimmick to their home cinema speaker apparatus systematic to play medicine or look out euphony videos.

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